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Mahim Toure during his visit to Kodiak in 2012. (Photo by Brianna Gibbs) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A man from Mali, West Africa is visiting Kodiak this month. It’s the second time he’s been on the island. The first time in 2012 helped him establish a connection between Mali and Kodiak that the guest hopes to strengthen before he flies off island ... Read More »

Fishing boats resting in a Kodiak harbor. ( Photo by James Brooks/flicker) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak State-Waters Pacific Cod Pot Gear Season didn’t go well this year. It was open longer than normal and for the first time in its history didn’t meet its target harvest. Nat Nichols is the Alaska Department of Fish and Game area manager for groundfish ... Read More »

MH-60 Jayhawk parked in Cold Bay. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen/Coast Guard) Mitch Borden/KMXT Early this week Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak opened up its forward operating base in the Aleutian community of Cold Bay. The base consists of one MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an aircrew. The facility is active from October to mid-March. Petty Officer Charly ... Read More »

Half marathon and 10k runners at KMXT event, Run the Rock. (Photo by Pam Foreman / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT KMXT held its annual Run the Rock this weekend. Participants could run or walk a 5k, 10k, half-marathon, or marathon. A couple of people flew into Kodiak just to take part. Amanda Naatz is from Indiana and her goal is to ... Read More »

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility in Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of AAC) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska Aerospace Corporation is seeing continued success in the commercial market. That’s according to CEO and President Craig Campbell, who will present to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly at its regular meeting Thursday. AAC has entered into a few different commercial contracts alongside a multi-year, multi-million ... Read More »

City council preparing for its community forum. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The City of Kodiak is facing a $2.8 million budget deficit, according to Deputy Mayor Randy Bishop. He said this to a crowd at a community forum last night focused on hearing what Kodiak residents think the council should do about it. A lot more people turned ... Read More »

Tsunami hazard zone sign. (Photo by hansol / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Representatives from the National Weather Service visited schools in the City of Kodiak last week to speak about tsunami readiness. Forecaster Joe Wegman says the original goal of visiting the city was to check in on the weather stations, where local observers keep track of things like daily temperature, ... Read More »